diff --git a/srcpkgs/zsync/template b/srcpkgs/zsync/template
index c0ba8fd0ba..49bcca3ec7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/zsync/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/zsync/template
@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@ short_desc="Client-side implementation of the rsync algorithm"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="Artistic"
 homepage="http://zsync.moria.org.uk/"
-update_site="${homepage}downloads"
 distfiles="http://zsync.moria.org.uk/download/zsync-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=0b9d53433387aa4f04634a6c63a5efa8203070f2298af72a705f9be3dda65af2
diff --git a/srcpkgs/zsync/update b/srcpkgs/zsync/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09a38a8f61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/zsync/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+site="${homepage}downloads"